Dundaga

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Dundaga
Dundagas panorāma (the castle)
Dundaga is located in Latvia
Dundaga
Coordinates: 57°30′33″N 22°20′58″E / 57.50917°N 22.34944°E / 57.50917; 22.34944
Country  Latvia
Novads Dundagas novads
Pagasts Dundagas pagasts
Mentioned first time 1245
Town rights awarded 1950
Town rights revoked 1990
Elevation 63 m (207 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,682

Dundaga (Livonian: Dūoņig) is a village in Courland, Latvia. From 2009 it's the administrative centre of Dundaga municipality.

Dundaga is famous for its castle from late 13th century, constructed by the Archbishopric of Riga. From the 16th until the 20th century, Dundaga Castle was the centre of the largest private estate in Courland. Most of land in this area, as well as in neighbouring areas, for many centuries until 1918 belonged to the Baron Osten-Sacken (Russian: Остен-Сакен) family, an important local Baltic-German noble dynasty. Their main seat was Dundaga castle (former name Dundagen).

The Coat of Arms of Barons von der Osten-Sacken

Dundaga Castle is connected with many fairy-tales and legends.

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Coordinates: 57°31′N 22°21′E / 57.517°N 22.350°E / 57.517; 22.350